Where my sister used to live the entire village was on EO lines to an exchange about 3 miles away by road even though there was an exchange around 1.5 miles away in the opposite direction. I can only assume the nearer exchange was built later.

In reply to a post by 11suttoj:

Yeah i'm afraid that's all it says. I guess i'm just unlucky. Hopefully they do something about it in the future but i'm guessing we are the minority of their problems right now and would probably take a long time to do. Thanks a lot the help!

Back in the original thread, I reported a few things.

The first was this:

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

The raw numbers suggest that half of the postcode makes use of cab 3, and half of the postcode is a direct EO line.

But that appears to be true of almost every postcode in the Carthorpe village.

Looking at the list of postcodes now, it seems that there is a big chunk which are now 100% included in cab 3. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have worded my second sentence that way now...

When looking in detail at some of those "100% by cab 3" postcodes (on Codelook), they show anomalous data such as being both "100% by cab 3" and "100% by EO bundle 1".

Yet the proper BTW DSL checker tells me that none of the properties use cab 3. One example is DL8 2LD.

To you, that anomoly is just that. To me, it is a sign of some plans for "copper re-arrangement", which would re-wire EO lines into cab 3.

You might be right, that you're a minority and would take time to do. However, you'd be a fairly "easy win" given how close cab 3 is.

If BT want to reach their targets in North Yorkshire, they've going to have to target villages like yours, and cover EO lines like yours. Don't give up hope yet...

Thanks for the info. I was just contacted back by the Superfast Northyorkshire team and they said:

"The current plan shows that your location is expected to be included within SFNY�s Phase 2 roll out, which started in April 2015. However, it is too early at this stage to say when the superfast broadband service will become available in specific locations. Phase 2 is planned to be completed by December 2016.
However as soon as this work has been completed and fibre is available to you I will send you an email to let you know. In your case the work will involve moving you over from a line directly from the exchange to the new fibre cabinet. Unfortunately I am unable to give you exact timescales but this should be completed in the next few months."

I'm guessing this is what you were talking about with the 'copper re-arrangement'. I'm taking this as good news because at least something is happening about it in the coming months.

Yes - "copper re-arrangement" is the generic term they use for adjustments to the copper network with an aim of improving broadband availability & speeds.

For some, like you, this means conversion of EO lines to connect into an existing PCP cabinet.

For others, it means creation of a new PCP cabinet, often placed just outside the exchange building. For yet others, it can mean moving their line from one (distant) PCP cabinet to a different (closer) PCP cabinet.

It is good to see that the SFNY people hold detailed-enough information about the plans to be able to send this answer back.

Just an update: The cabinet was installed in my village on the 14th December and it appears they are working on it more on the 14th January. After this i'm hoping the cabinet is quite close to being activated, am i right or does it usually take more than a month to activate?

, am i right or does it usually take more than a month to activate?

Yes, usually, as in the majority of cabinet installations take longer than a month

It's could be months or year!

Oh well that is quite disappointing. I'm just hoping it doesn't take a whole year. I guess i should be happy i'm getting it though.